Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Item-The last bite of an In N Out Burger

This bit is borrowed from the serious post below, because Cookie Jesus knows, no one will read it. The last bite of juicy In-N-Out burger, with the combination of crispy griddle-toasted bun, and cool lettuce and tomato with just the right amount of special sauce-is in fact even better than the first*. The absolute key here is the buttered bun that is machine-sliced so perfectly flat, and thrown on the griddle it until browned and toasty with that crispy ring around the outside that happens when you make pancakes at home but never happens at IHOP. This crispness contrasts with the special sauce, especially the saucy pickle, if any of it made it this far and juice from the burger, the still cool lettuce and actually decent tomato. I can only compare it to the last bite of a well packed ice cream cone where ice cream has lasted until the very end. Magnificent.*That bite looks exactly like this one, but on the other side.

20 Comments:

I agree that this is the "money bite". On a recent trip to San Francisco, an I&O first-timer was introduced to the burger with the knowledge that the last bite would be worth savouring. Despite said scientist's normal aversion to fast-food burgers, he not only consumed said burger with fervour, but also agreed about the last bite. They are delicious!

HEre's what's weird, their fries are good if you eat them with in 60 seconds of them coming out of the oil. I'm serious, their decay curve is astonishing. My friend tried to convince me that had awesome shakes, and I was all confused- because I know they don't have shakes. He must have been smoking something.

Oh pr, you break my heart with you vegetarian ways. I admit that I am a meat addict. It's totally wrong in so many ways.

i'll take your word on that cos i'm never going in that place ever again.

going veggie was like a hidden schizophrenia coming to fruition, an identity crisis to the extreme, what with me being half mexican (we've never met a meat we didn't like) and a smiths fan (meat is murder).

but you wanna know what's really good? take a wendy's frostie and dip the french fries in them.

Dude, I'm all over that- did it with the first frosty I ever had, and nobody needed to tell me.

THAT'S FUCKING WEIRD.

Is it the urge to dip, coupled with a desire to go beyond ketchup? Is it for the sweet and salty?

You should write something up for the Delish or Disgust about that, because I will back you up, I think we are going to get a shitload of controversy about that one. I need pix of that- maybe I will have to do a field trip to wendy's.

If you aer half-mexican how can you live without carnitas or related dishes? I love how "Once Upon a Time In Mexico" was all about Cochinita Pibil.

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